The Panorama Awards already exceed 3,000 votes

The readers of Panorama Audiovisual in online voting until 11:55 p.m. on April 2 and subsequently a jury made up of eleven prominent professionals in a secret vote before a Notary will be in charge of choosing the winners of these awards whose presentation will take place on May 8 at IFEMA – Feria de Madrid.

Just five days before the voting period ends for the Panorama Awards 2018, more than 3,000 professionals have voted online to determine the three finalists in each of the thirteen categories that make up these awards for excellence in the audiovisual sector.

Until 11:55 p.m. next Monday, April 2, those who wish will be able to vote for technological solutions, installations and projects, as well as technical execution in television, radio, film and advertising productions.

The three Candidates with the most votes in each category will be made public on Tuesday, April 3, moving to a second phase in which a Jury, made up of eleven independent professionals of recognized solvency and in a secret vote before a notary, will choose the winners.

During the delivery gala of the Panorama Awards that will take place on Tuesday evening, May 8, 2018, at IFEMA-Feria de Madrid coinciding with the opening of the BIT Audiovisual Professional Audiovisual Technology Show, in addition to the winners in each of the thirteen categories, the Panorama Award for a Whole Life will be presented.

This special award granted directly by the Panorama Audiovisual editorial team, which will be announced in the coming days, recognizes the contribution of men and women who have written history in television, film, radio or advertising.

In previous editions, Manuel Romero received this award, for his long professional career dedicated to the coverage of the Olympic Games from México 68, both in the summer and winter Olympic events; and Chema Prado, in recognition of his firm commitment to the custody, recovery, research and conservation of cinematographic heritage at the head of the Spanish Film Archive during the last three decades.

Panorama Awards Nominees

Among the nominees for company of the year, stand out a multinational that celebrates one hundred years of history (Panasonic), the EVS subsidiary in Spain and Portugal (which is precisely now celebrating ten years since the opening of its headquarters in Madrid), an integrator that in just four years has managed to position itself as a benchmark in project development (Datos Media); a Madrid company (Summus Render) that has internationally launched a cloud-based virtual animation studio; and a wholesaler, Charmex, with a clear international vocation and a portfolio that is continually expanding.

As for the most outstanding installations, the new set of Telenews (Telemadrid); the renovation of Mediaset España's studios and mobile units, including a new TV sound methodology supported by an integrated audio and communications network, based on Dante, MADI and SIP standards; the new filing system for sports from the British Timeline TV developed by the Spanish Tedial; the Atresmedia performance controls cluster; and the comprehensive digitization of the production and archive of Televisión de Galicia.

Five cameras will compete for the Panorama Award for best capture technology: Venice (Sony), URSA Broadcast (Blackmagic), Epic-W 8K (RED), AU-EVA1 (Panasonic), and 8C-B60A 8K (Sharp).

In the media storage and management category, we find five very diverse options ranging from Fujifilm's tape-based dternity system, to the Dalet orchestration system, through the Ki Pro Ultra Plus (AJA) recorders/players and the T2 series (Grass Valley) or the Xyrus media management, contribution and distribution system from the Spanish Estructure.

In studio solutions, the nominees are the new Bolero intercom system from Riedel, X-One (EVS), Tricaster TC1-4K IP (NewTek), Graphite (Ross Video) and the ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K mixer (Blackmagic).

Ooyala Flex (Ooyala), Media Services Live (Akamai), Selenio One XC (Imagine) RelayCaster (Rohde&Schwartz) y S-Core (EVS) optarán al Premio Panorama a la mejor tecnología de emisión y distribución.

Regarding post-production, Panorama Audiovisual readers and the jury will have to choose between these options: Media Composer Fisrt (Avid), 3DS Max 2018 (Autodesk), Fusion 9 (Blackmagic), IO 4K Plus (AJA) and Edius 9 (Grass Valley).

For the graphic creation category, the proposals from the Panorama editorial team are OnMedia 3D (developed by Brainstorm and Never.no), Live Compositor (ChyronHego), 4Designer (Avid), Virtual Ser (WASP3D) and NVG1 (designed by NewTek and Vizrt).

As far as audio is concerned, three wireless microphone systems (Evolution G4 from Sennheiser, Series 5000 from Audio-Technica and Axient Digital Wireless from Shure), studio monitors (8331, 8341 and 8351 The Ones, from Genelec) and a digital mixing console (Rivage PM7 from Yamaha) are up for prize.
Technical execution

In the section of technical execution in radio, television, film and advertising production, these are the productions that the Panorama Audiovisual editorial team proposes to its readers and jury.

In radio, an innovative format such as RNE's immersive sound fictions with binaural sound is nominated as nominees; two classics of sports radio, Sports Carousel (BE) and Play timeor (COPE); and two magazines, one in the afternoon like Julia on the Wave (Onda Cero) and an “alarm clock” like Good morning Javi and Mar (String 100).

Survivors 2018 (Telecinco), To Fish (Movistar+), The cable girls (Netflix), Operation Triumph (TVE)y Spanish World Heritage Cities (TVE) are among the quintet nominated for best technical production on television.

The Panorama Awards have evaluated the technical execution of these five nominated films: Veronica, Summer 1993 (Summer 1993), Handia, Oro and Hostile Zone.

Finally, in advertising production the award will go to one of these five productions: Danielle (Lotteries), forever and ever (Audi), Happy Time – Pinball (Endesa), The ceremony (Magnum) y The Future already has memories (AVE).